Jul 26, 2014 18:34
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500 trillion, trillion miles away,

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This is part of the largest experiment ever built by the National Science Foundation. It is known as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, or LIGO. In this behemoth, laser beams fired down two vacuum tubes arranged in an L shape.
Each arm is four kilometers long. The laser beams can measure the length of each arm with an accuracy of better than one millionth of the width of an atom. If a gravitational wave from any intense cosmic event, up to 500 trillion, trillion miles away, passes through the Earth, the space inside the tubes will ripple. The lasers will detect the change, and the alarm bells will ring.
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Discussion

Gustavo Seabra Jul 27, 2014:
mi X Km Creio que seja este o valor da conversão:
500 trilhões de milhas = 804,67 trilhões de km

Talvez você possa arredondar para 804 ou mesmo 800, pois possivelmente o texto não tenha a intenção de colocar um valor com precisão, mas apenas dar a ideia da grandeza da distância. Muito longe.

Conversão de Milhas em Quilômetros:
http://www.metric-conversions.org/pt/comprimento/milhas-em-q...
marinacast (asker) Jul 27, 2014:
Gostaria de saber como ficaria a conversao para quilometros. Obrigada a todos.

Proposed translations

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500 trilhões, trilhões de milhas distante

ou
"500 trilhões, trilhões de milhas afora"

Sugestões.

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Exemplo:
"About trillion miles away from earth, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed..."

ou
"Por volta de trilhões de milhas distante da Terra, o Telescópio Espacial Hubble da NASA fotografou..."

Fonte: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/10/image-of-the-da...

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Outras referências:

"Looking from a distance of 30 billion trillion miles away..."

ou

"Procurando a uma distância de 30 bilhões de trilhões de milhas distante..."

Fonte: http://www.universetoday.com/87669/huge-resevoir-of-water-di...

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"The nearest star is about 24 trillion miles away."

"A estrela mais próxima está a cerca de 24 trilhões de milhas distante."

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/academy/lesson110_assignment2_1...

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Peer comment(s):

agree Gilmar Fernandes
2 hrs
Obrigado, Gilmar!
agree Mario Freitas : É, acho que 500 trilhões de trilhões seria exagerado até mesmo no espaço sideral. Deve ser só 500 trilhões mesmo.
1 day 5 hrs
Obrigado, Mario!
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6 hrs

500 trilhões *de* trilhões de milhas distante

A vírgula funciona do mesmo modo que na frase : "vou já, já". Quer dizer, é pra mostrar que houve uma repetição intencional.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mario Freitas :
14 hrs
Obrigado, Mario!
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